ENDAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The parasitic ameba that causes amebic dysentery in human beings

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Endamoeba histolytica" is a kind of...):

endameba (any ameba of the genus Endamoeba)

Holonyms ("Endamoeba histolytica" is a member of...):

Endamoeba; genus Endamoeba (the type genus of the family Endamoebidae)

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